Smokebelch.
Smokebelch, smokebelch, smokebelch.
This isn't the original 12" with it's 10 minute Entry and Exit mixes, or the legendary beatless version, or the drumming majorettes and piano breakdown David Holmes remix. This is a curious one- off a triple cd dj mix box-set, in a PiL Metal Box style tin, called Cut The Crap, released by/in connection with Back To Basics, the Leeds nightclub. Weatherall mixes cd 3 (cds 1 and 2? Ralph Lawson and someone else, can't be bothered to go downstairs and check, sorry). This version of Smokebelch is credited to Two Lone Swordsmen not The Sabres Of Paradise, and on the tracklist is titled Smokebelch (For Ali). Alistair Cook was B2B's co-founder and dj who died in car crash in 1993, and this version of Smokebelch is a suitably sombre affair and tribute, all deep cello and bass. It's a wonderful version of the greatest tune of the 1990s.
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Smokebelch, smokebelch, smokebelch.
This isn't the original 12" with it's 10 minute Entry and Exit mixes, or the legendary beatless version, or the drumming majorettes and piano breakdown David Holmes remix. This is a curious one- off a triple cd dj mix box-set, in a PiL Metal Box style tin, called Cut The Crap, released by/in connection with Back To Basics, the Leeds nightclub. Weatherall mixes cd 3 (cds 1 and 2? Ralph Lawson and someone else, can't be bothered to go downstairs and check, sorry). This version of Smokebelch is credited to Two Lone Swordsmen not The Sabres Of Paradise, and on the tracklist is titled Smokebelch (For Ali). Alistair Cook was B2B's co-founder and dj who died in car crash in 1993, and this version of Smokebelch is a suitably sombre affair and tribute, all deep cello and bass. It's a wonderful version of the greatest tune of the 1990s.
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OMG yes this is an awesome remake. Wish it got a proper release.
ReplyDeleteYeah, s'good isn't it.
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ReplyDeletea most excellent piece of music...
ReplyDeleteTLS done a superb job of bringing to life a much underated and underplayed Nu Groove release from 1989 ..and in the process making a few quid too ....not sure they gave poor old LB any recognition as such.
LB Bad - New Age Faith
oops actually meant Sabres ;)
ReplyDeletebut thanks for this TLS version...not heard it before
My pleasure
ReplyDelete2 BAD the REAL ARTist is hidden in the underground...ELBEE BAD is THE MAN!! Mistreated and disrespected by Andy Weatherall and Sabres of Paradise. I love the Original "New Age of Faith" much more and have no respect for producers who are too greedy and selfish to give the right respect to the one and only composer of this timeless chill out CLASSIC, that made THEM famous!
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